This is a post written in 1Writer and to be published via Working Copy on iOS.
Now I’m editing this file in iA Writer as it is linked with Working Copy’s instance of my file through iCloud and Files app.
I wish iA Writer supported TextExpander.
I’ve always had a version of BBEdit on my Mac. For a while it was TextWrangler, but now it’s back to BBEdit (unregistered). It’s one of those apps I don’t use very often, but when I want a pure Mac text editing experience, I know I can rely on it.
BBEdit can do a whole bunch of things that I don’t understand and have no need for.
But it is working very nicely as an integrated text editor for GitHub Desktop, and I feel like I might now benefit from the ‘unlocked’ version of BBEdit.
So now I have cloned my Blot repository into Github and am using Github desktop on the Mac. As this is editing via Github I have no idea how or if my edits here will make it to my site.
The nice thing about Github Desktop is it allowed me to easily open this whole project/site into BBEdit.
At first this didn’t work, but it was simply because I’d forgotten to add the .md suffix to the file in BBEdit. So this stopped Blot’s renderer from creating the HTML version. At first I thought the file hadn’t uploaded. It had, but it was not showing on the web.
So this section has been added as an edit, which I should be able to push and commit as a new version of the same file.
I’m going to try to share it over to Working Copy for publishing via Git.
Wish me luck.
I’ve opened this file in iA Writer from the Working Copy files provider for the version stored on Blot.
What happens now?
This is literally a test post using Git instead of Dropbox. I have no idea what I’m doing with Git, but what could go wrong?
Some time ago I purchased a license for Resilio Sync. I use it only occasionally but it also could make a fine replacement for Dropbox.
I ain’t got no time for this new bloated Dropbox garbage. I don’t use Dropbox for that much already - might be time to let it go. The one thing I will need to figure out though is how to publish to @blot with Github.
I feel emotionally drained after watching Bob Hawke’s memorial service. What a magnificent Prime Minister he was for our nation. I’m honoured to at least say that I met him a number of times.
I’ve borrowed a book from the public library, this copy of which has not been borrowed by anybody before me. It feels wonderfully decadent to have access to a brand new book for free. 📚
Hanging out with the kid.
I’m trialling DevonThink 3 beta, and the side bar workflow is weird. I know what they were trying to do in terms of making it more like Mail, but the new structure has made me much less efficient.
Getting SSL encryption on micro.blog was a heck of lot easier than with my previous hosting provider. I’m feeling pretty good about this transition.
It seems like my reconfigured web services are working. Homepage at andrewcanion.com and blog with micro.blog. Micro.blog for the win!
I’ve just signed up for a paid micro.blog account and this is my first post to it. I think this could be the way out of my Wordpress quagmire.
DNS reconfiguration tasks are the purgatory of the Internet.
@brentsimmons NetNewsWire is great, thanks for bringing it back to life. I understand why Feedly is next on the sync list, but can I request Inoreader support after that?
I’m proud of myself - I just debugged somebody else’s Javascript code, and I’m not even a programmer. Now it works as intended.
@jamesshelley I am checking in with you as I have enjoyed your writing in the past. Your website now seems in some bit of disrepair. I hope you are still out there and doing well.
@joejenett I think I fixed it with the help of this resource - so this post is a test!
Uber’s Path of Destruction - American Affairs Journal:
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share of the urban car service market. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality.
An examination of Uber’s economics suggests that it has no hope of ever earning sustainable urban car service profits in competitive markets. Its costs are simply much higher than the market is willing to pay, as its nine years of massive losses indicate.
Enjoy the Uber ride while it lasts because at this rate the service won't be around in the future. Ultimately, the tune will stop playing on this game of musical chairs.